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Founder of The Franklin Society #1776
If I say something you like to hear, ask if it’s because I’m right, or if you want it to be right, or if it’s because it supports what you already think is right. Is it true? Should be what deserves a like.
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Wait, what’s wrong with substack? I’m out of the loop
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Ah, it’s hard for me to figure out these chain comments sometimes, sorry
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It’s actually the opposite. The bar for being a Christian is so low that anyone claiming to be one I just assume is.
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Depends on what you define morality as. I personally don’t have a super high bar for morality like, don’t hurt people, don’t exploit them, try to be kind, etc. religions have a high bar for morality specifically so they can create a cure for the impossible standards.
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Right but you made a composition error. Christians can be morally perfect. Just like any humans can They can also be morally imperfect Just like any of us can
You are making a logical error in that you’re equating Christians with Christianity and what’s in a book, which they may or may not follow
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He was a minister
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Although it is “false” in the sense that it doesn’t comport with reality and “false” in that it contradicts the agreed framework.
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Exactly! It all depends on what we prioritize as our shared goals. For the people that prioritize literalness, being close minded is valid and your open mindedness is not.
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Open mind, then it becomes a problem where neither one has the baseline to determine which view is valid.
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Then that would contradict our wellbeing and welfare goals and the death penalty would be an invalid belief, objectively to anyone that agrees with our shared goal of well being. In turn if you think small mindedness is a problem with some Christians, but they don’t agree with what constitutes an
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Right but this is where a sound argument is made and a rational person has to accept the truth or be irrational. If you and I both agree that the death penalty should be used for murderers, then that is a valid, true or correct belief for both of us. But if we can’t be certain a person murdered
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It’s true or false based on the framework we agree on. Even the flat earth example is reliant on that because we would both have to agree on what reality is. Hard solipsism is generally what I find people reverting to when discussing beliefs but to loop back to the original points..
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Yeah unfortunately we have to put warning labels on everything
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…goals. If we both agree we should pursue human wellbeing, and you believe that the death penalty should exist, and we don’t have a perfect system to determine who should be on death row, then that belief isn’t “valid” when compared to the goal of wellbeing.
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Metaphysical beliefs can be tested with logically sound and valid arguments and society can be organized that way if everyone agrees on common goals. For a fast and loose example, there is a thought experiment where you create a society not knowing your role in it. You can test things against your…
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That sounds plausible and likely
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Americano was a satirical jab at Americans for watering down their coffee in Italy I think. So it would be adopting the brunt of a joke
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We need some ads, “for just 16 cents a day you can own a politician”
Send little mailers that show how well Thomas is doing in his RV, or Mitch holding a box of food
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I liked Mr. Rogers
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What does the liberal center even mean
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Nevermind. Added to my misinformation list
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What’s the source for that?
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For anyone else reading, this is how you control the discussion and keep bad faith actors on their toes, just don’t let them distract you and focus on getting the answers that cause them to think.
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This is incoherent. I know you muted me, but I’m glad that everyone can see what you posted. I’ve already been sharing it.
Imagine linking to truth social and trying to convince someone you don’t use it, or Fox News and saying it’s just for reference. And you can’t even answer simple questions
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Is it that, or they just want to have some plausible deniability because masks are off here
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I had a customer do this and when I tested their microwave the molten paint burned me. Please be aware this may not be good for appliances or microwaves
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Why are we mainstreaming another trump?
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That bird is metal af
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I personally can’t imagine believing in an afterlife and responding how you are, and it’s incredibly telling that you can’t even answer if you think you are a good person. Why should anyone care about your opinion when you can’t even answer that?
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Do you believe in hell as well? If so, imagine if the deity in charge of good things and heaven would look at this conversation and see one person supporting a Nazi platform and saying what you said, and imagine where they would send the people involved.
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Do you believe you are a good person?
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Why would you want to let the fire get away? It’s just gonna start more fires.
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Do you believe you are a good person?
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That is of course if we just are positing unrealistic hypothetical situations that have no basis in reality, white men quitting would be more effective in any scenario
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You can’t “walk away” from military service. Congrats you just put got minorities and women court marsh. Now let’s flip it. What if all the white men left service? That would do the same thing as well as force the admin to work with poc and women. That would also force them to pros. White men.
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Get familiar with the alt-rights tactics on trying to control the conversation.
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For anyone else reading here’s what’s happening. They are arguing in bad faith. Being forced to answer yes or no means they hit cognitive dissonance because their stance is the same that a white supremacist would have. (Get minorities out of the military and LE) so they deflect, or distance themself
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No you didn’t you refused to give your opinion.
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Let’s try this again. A simple yes or no would suffice
Do you think a white supremacist would support the decision of minorities to abandon their jobs in the military and law enforcement?
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Let me ask you a question.
Do you think a white supremacist would support the decision of minorities to abandon their jobs in the military and law enforcement?
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Could you imagine being a general fired by some national guard dui hire who got removed from the front.
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I disagree on a couple points. Beliefs can be measured as true or false. If someone believes the world is flat, there is ample evidence that can demonstrate it is not.
Other things can be measured by agreeing on a goal and measuring belief against it.
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It’s incredibly difficult to be precise in this format
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Point to you, however early Christians were fighting that as well. I think origin for one complained about people taking the scripture literally.
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Heheh. There are Christian scholars that would fight with me about my views on much of Christian history but that’s why I used the term likely. I try not to be certain about anything but there is enough coincidence and correlation and a priori examples that make me confident in saying likely.